Wilson, Robert Frettsome, Lance Corporal, 8697, 205th Company, Machine Gun Corps
Formerly 29136, Notts and Derby Regiment
Born Church Gresley, Derbyshire
Enlisted Burton on Trent, Staffordshire
Killed in action 25th October 1917 aged 19
Son of John and Lydia Wilson, of Linton Rd., Castle Gresley, Burton-on-Trent.
Commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial

1911 Census
A school boy
Son of John Thomas, a colliery carter above ground, and Lydia Wilson, of Linton Road, Castle Gresley, Derbyshire

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